Posts Tagged: Israel wildfires
Wildfires Blaze Near Jerusalem, Disrupting Travel and Threatening Homes
i24 News - Firefighters battled wildfires raging to the west of Jerusalem throughout Wednesday, with 11 aircraft and 29 response teams deployed. At the time of...
Israel’s Fire Authority Declares All Blazes, Both Wildfires and Arson, Have Been Extinguished
JNS.org - Israel’s National Fire and Rescue Authority announced on Saturday night that it had succeeded in containing the massive rash of fires that ripped through the...
Aid Pours In to Central Israeli Town Devastated by Wildfires
JNS.org – As wildfires destroyed most of the 50 or so homes in the town of Mevo Modi’im in central Israel on Thursday, Israelis from all around...
Wildfires Scorch Swathes of Forests in Central Israel, More Than a Dozen Homes Burn Down
Firefighters on Thursday battled wildfires that scorched swathes of forests in central Israel, forcing some small towns to be evacuated, during a heatwave that brought record...
Wildfires Break Out as Israel Suffers Massive Heat Wave
A series of wildfires have broken out in central Israel as the country suffers from a major heat wave. The hot, dry weather has created perfect...
Israel, Jordan, PA to Conduct First-Ever Joint Forest Fire Emergency Drill
JNS.org - Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority will collaborate this October on a large civilian exercise aimed at improving regional cooperation in fighting wildfires. The...
Israeli Firefighter Recounts Battling Fierce Flames in Haifa: It Was Like a Movie
“It was like a movie,” an Israeli firefighter who battled the blazes that swept through the northern city of Haifa on Thursday told The Algemeiner...
Following Damaging Wildfires, Israeli Cabinet to Hold Weekly Meeting in Recovering Haifa
The Israeli cabinet will hold its weekly meeting in Haifa on Sunday after fires in recent days damaged an estimated 700 homes in the northern...
Israeli Officials Say Haifa Fire Contained While Other Parts of Country Still Ablaze for Fourth Day
Israeli firefighters on Friday reined in a blaze that had spread across the country's third-largest city of Haifa and forced tens of thousands of people...
Foreign Firefighting Planes Help Israel Battle Raging Wildfires
The first foreign firefighting planes on Friday started helping Israel tackle a vicious wave of wildfires which have forced tens of thousands to flee their...
Israeli Police Bolster Presence in Outdoor Open Areas, Amid Suspicions Arson Is Fueling Current Wave of Wildfires
Israeli police are significantly bolstering their presence in fire-prone outdoor open areas amid suspicions that some of the blazes currently sweeping across parts of the...
